The Metaphysical Club: A Story of Ideas in America Quiz | Eight Week Quiz B

Louis Menand
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 116 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Metaphysical Club: A Story of Ideas in America Quiz | Eight Week Quiz B

Louis Menand
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 116 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 4 The Man of Two Minds, Section 6 | Part 2, Chapter 5 Agassiz, Section 1 | Part 2, Chapter 5 Agassiz, Section 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. ___________ felt that he was at a disadvantage because he had no formal education.
(a) William James.
(b) Wilky James.
(c) Bob James.
(d) Henry James Jr.

2. Henry James had a relationship with _________ who like him disliked institutionalization and systems.
(a) Ralph Waldo Emerson.
(b) Charles Lowell.
(c) Henry Abbott.
(d) Oliver Wendell Holmes.

3. Holmes' experiences during the war led him to believe that imposing one's beliefs would always lead to __________.
(a) Slavery.
(b) Violence.
(c) Peace.
(d) Change.

4. In April of 1864, an article was published in the __________ that made him rethink his exhaustion with the war.
(a) New Yorker.
(b) North American Review.
(c) Harvard Magazine.
(d) Atlantic Review.

5. ____________ began with a drunken man hallucinating in a tavern. This religion later became affiliated with Mesmerism.
(a) Catholicism.
(b) Scottish Baptism.
(c) Protestantism.
(d) Swedenborgism.

Short Answer Questions

1. Henry James Sr. preached _________ and stated that there was no room for morality.

2. Louis Agassiz gained fame because of his discovery of _________.

3. ___________was a protege of George Cuvier and Alexander von Humboldt.

4. Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. and Ralph Waldo Emerson worked together in order to found the ___________.

5. Holmes was eventually released from his commission and returned home. When he did he entered Harvard to study_________.

(see the answer key)

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